Daily Archives: June 29, 2015

Tickets for the UEFA Super Cup football game Barcelona vs Sevilla will be on sale starting tomorrow, June 29, the Georgian Football Federation stated. The Super Cup tickets anticipation has been dragging on for the past week, when football fans around the globe stood on hold as the Tbilisi-based website …

Starting July 1st of this year, tariffs on domestic and export transits will reduce by 20%, says Georgian Railway’s management. The change will apply to both domestic transit and exports of all kinds of dry goods, as well as container shipping. This marketing decision in the rail transport sector will reflect on company’s future …

Georgia’s National Judo team are first runner-up champions of the European Games. The team took second place at the 2015 European Judo Team Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan after losing to France in the final. Before the final match, the Georgian team defeated the Czech and Hungarian teams five-nil. The Georgian side ended …

Foreign investors consider Georgia to be one of the attractive countries in terms of the investment environment. In the last period, transnational companies and various influential businessmen are showing a growing interest in Georgia. Estonian multimillionaire OLEG OSINOVSKI is among similar businessmen. We offer a full version of his interview. – …

Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov plans to make a trip to Georgia on July 2-3. The government of Turkmenistan said in a message on June 29 that after holding the next high-level meeting between the two countries, it is planned to sign a number of bilateral documents. The visit, according to …

This summer Georgia is going to host several music festivals for any taste, for any budget. Already this week, from 3rd to 7th of July, Tbilisi Open Air / Altervision brings several well known names as Zemfira, Placebo, Beth Hart and many others to the capital city of Georgia. You can get more information at …

Georgia is preparing to host an official visit of members of United States (US) Congress. The official US delegation will visit Georgia from July 2-5. Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Kereslidze today announced the delegation will include both Republican and Democrat members of US Congress. The delegation will be led by Republican …

Academy Award nominee director Zaza Urushadze is among the 322 people who are invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy announced on Friday. The 322 invitations are the most ever given out since the Academy began announcing the names of its invitees more than …

Austria will open its first Embassy in Georgia in the second half of 2018. As part of cost cutting measures, plans were in place for the country to close its Embassies in the Baltic States and Malta and to open diplomatic representations in other “strategically important countries”, including Georgia, Moldova …

Georgia attaches much importance to deepening relations with China. These were the words spoken by Georgia’s Prime Minister during a meeting with a senior Chinese official today. Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili hosted Huang Wei, vice chairman of the People’s Government of Xinjiang Autonomous region – the largest Chinese administrative division – …

For those wanting to travel to new places without spending too much, Tbilisi is one of the best destinations to explore, as Georgia is listed among countries with lowest cost of living. CBW has tried to clarify at what price visitors with average incomes are able to spend their weekend …

Some 10,000 protesters rallied in the Armenian capital yesterday, defying police threats to forcefully break up the demonstration against the government’s controversial move to hike electricity prices. Protesters, who for a second week blocked the capital Yerevan’s main thoroughfare, refused to disperse despite a police ultimatum and President Serzh Sarkisian’s …